II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 27: Other services

NUTS code UKE2

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 6

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in months: 48

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 280 000 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

CONTRACT-9UKJ-JEGDEN
The Council is seeking to establish a framework agreement in respect of Arboricultural Services for various activities within its property portfolio throughout North Yorkshire for Areas A (Ryedale and Scarborough), B (Craven, Harrogate and Selby) and C (Hambleton and Richmondshire) as defined by the Borough and District boundaries within North Yorkshire. The procurement will deliver:
— 1 provider per area Lot (giving a possible maximum of 3 successful Participants) to the Council for the delivery of all individual arboricultural activities under 2 000 GBP.
— 3 providers who can provide year round Arboricultural Services to the Council for the delivery of all individual arboricultural activities over 2 000 GBP across all North Yorkshire areas.
The successful Participants will be required to undertake all the activities within the scope and coverage of the Framework arrangement. There is no guarantee to the quantity of work due to the maintenance requirements.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

77000000, 77200000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Please see tender documentation.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please see tender documentation.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Refer to tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Refer to tender documentation.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Refer to tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Refer to tender documentation.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

9UKJ-JEGDEN

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 10.12.2015 – 09:00
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

10.12.2015 – 09:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 10.12.2015 – 9:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

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